[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 104 (Monday, June 22, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 5900. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 4784, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in title XI, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SPECIAL RULES FOR CERTAIN CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES OF THE 
                   DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE RECEIVING COMPENSATION 
                   FOR ANOMALOUS HEALTH INCIDENTS.

       (a) Covered Employee Defined.--In this section, the term 
     ``covered employee'' means any current or former civilian 
     officer or employee of the Department of Defense who has been 
     determined eligible for, and has received, a lump-sum payment 
     under the implementation by the Department of Defense of 
     section 901(i) of title IX of division J of the Further 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (22 U.S.C. 2680b(i)).
       (b) Adjustment of Compensation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense may increase the 
     amount of monthly compensation paid to a covered employee 
     under section 8105 of title 5, United States Code.
       (2) Amount.--In lieu of the percentage specified in section 
     8105(a) of title 5, United States Code, the amount of 
     compensation described in paragraph (1) shall be the amount 
     necessary to ensure that the total monthly compensation 
     payable to the covered employee equals 75 percent of the 
     maximum rate of basic pay plus the applicable locality-based 
     comparability payment under section 5304 of such title for 
     GS-15, step 10, determined by reference to the Washington, 
     District of Columbia locality pay area, as determined under 
     section 5332 of such title.
       (3) Administration.--The Secretary shall ensure that an 
     increase in compensation described in paragraph (1) is 
     applied without the need for additional application or 
     adjudication by the covered employee.
       (c) Guidelines.--
       (1) In general.--If the Secretary decides to exercise the 
     authority provided by subsection (b), the Secretary shall 
     issue guidelines to increase compensation as described in 
     such subsection not later than 180 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.
       (2) Coordination.--The Secretary shall develop the 
     guidelines described in paragraph (1) in coordination with 
     the cross-functional team established under section 910 of 
     the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 
     (10 U.S.C. 111 note; Public Law 117-81).
       (d) Rules of Construction.--
       (1) Other individuals.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to alter the application of section 8105 of title 
     5, United States Code, with respect to any individual other 
     than a covered employee.
       (2) Duration.--Nothing in this section shall be construed 
     to require payment of compensation under this section after 
     the period during which the disability of the covered 
     employee relating to a qualifying injury of the brain is 
     total under section 8105 of title 5, United States Code.
       (3) Medical care.--Nothing in this section shall be 
     construed to expand, limit, or otherwise affect the scope of 
     medical care, treatment, or related services provided under 
     any other provision of law, including the HAVANA Act of 2021 
     (Public Law 117-46) and the amendments made by that Act.
       (e) Sunset.--This section shall cease to be effective on 
     the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
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